Dominican Republic vs Mexico: Government debt

Government debt in 2025: 59% of GDP in Dominican Republic and 61.7% of GDP in Mexico, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Mexico, by 2.7 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in Dominican Republic.

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% of GDP · IMF

Dominican RepublicMexicoIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

Mexico has been higher since 2024, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
In 2025, Dominican Republic ranked 61 and Mexico ranked 52 of 149 countries, counting from the highest.
The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Dominican Republic at 50.4% of GDP and Mexico at 64.5% of GDP in 2031.

Every year

% of GDP · IMF

Year	Dominican Republic	Mexico
2025	59	61.7
2024	58.8	59
2023	60.5	52.7
2022	59.6	53.8
2021	62.8	56.7
2020	71.8	58.5
2019	53.5	51.9
2018	50.8	52.2
2017	49.5	52.5
2016	46.7	55
2015	44.8	51
2014	45	47.1
2013	46.8	44.1
2012	42.4	40.8
2011	39.1	41.2
2010	37.4	40.2
2009	36.8	41.7
2008	33.6	40.6
2007	32.9	35.5
2006	36	35.8
2005	38.3	36.8
2004	34.4	38.9
2003	48.2	42.1
2002	21.5	39.9
2001	20.4	37.3
2000	16.7	38.5
1999	16	41.7
1998	13.3	39.7
1997	13.9	39.1
1996	–	42.5

IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031

Year	Dominican Republic	Mexico
2026	57.2	62.1
2027	55.3	62.9
2028	54.3	63.4
2029	53.4	64
2030	52.3	64.3
2031	50.4	64.5

Each country on its own

Good to know

What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 149 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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Deaths in conflictsDominican Republic: 0 deaths in 2022Mexico: 14,210 deaths in 2022